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Mr. Howard Hold August 27, 2004 Page 2 were necessary because the property owner(the owner of the property south of Littlejohns Creek and adjacent to the western border of SMS Briners, Arnold Sousa, has indicated firm opposition when an inquiry was made to him concerning well installation on his property). Proposed Monitoring Well Locations Based on the historical record for ground-water flow directions and the estimated extent of ground-water quality impacts in the shallow and deep zones (LSCE, 2003), the initially proposed locations for the new facilities were as follows: • Shallow Completion: approximately 600 feet west-southwest of the southwest comer of the south pond, • Shallow Completion: approximately 750 feet east of the northeastern corner of the north pond,just west of the access road to the facility, • Deep and Shallow Completions: approximately 750 feet northwest of the northwestern corner of the north pond, • Shallow Completion: approximately 500 feet south of the south pond(south of Littlejohns Creek). As a result of the opposition by the property owner(Sousa) who owns property where four of the five monitoring wells were initially sited, significant adjustments to the planned drilling program have been required. The new proposed locations are shown on Figure 1. The proposed wells are now sited on land owned by Kruger Foods,Inc. The main objective of the proposed new facilities is to refine the understanding of the ground-water zone affected by the release of saline water in the vicinity of the ponds. Historical data have allowed an estimation of the plume extents; the proposed wells are planned to, in conjunction with other site data, delineate the limit of the plume. As described below, additional monitoring may be recommended as a later phase for purposes of further characterizing the limit of the plume or for the connective action monitoring program. The objectives for monitoring at the new locations include: • MW5A: Background monitoring is presently occurring at MW2. Based on the data collected at this location since 1989, a Water Quality Protection Standard (WQPS)of 89 mg/L chloride has been established for the shallow zone. Previously, the direction of ground-water flow shifted during the year; however, there has been a more recent tendency for the ground-water flow direction to be northwesterly or in the direction of the current background monitoring well. To ensure that a suitable background monitoring well for the shallow zone is available to collect future background data, MW5A is proposed at a location upgradient and somewhat cross-gradient of the ponds. Based on the historical water quality data from this site, the proposed location of MW5A should be far enough from the plume to have not been impacted from historical pond operations and/or the influence of historical ground-water flow directions. Additionally, baseline testing at monitoring well MW5A can then be compared to the historical data for MW2